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Friday, October 9, 2009

I am again participating in the Blogger's Quilt Festival 2009 which is hosted by Amy from Park City Girl.

Bearing in mind it is Quilter's Choice, my entry for the Festival is a quilt that I truly love love love! It is also the most used quilt in the house, and I sleep under it every night, regardless of the season.

BEADED CURTAIN QUILT

Quilt measures 90 inches x 90 inches

This quilt design is by Kaffe Fassett from his book Caravan of Quilts. I made this quilt in 2006, and purchased the fabrics as a complete kit from Glorious Color. At that stage of my quilting journey I needed all the guidance available to select fabrics and copied the layout without alteration. The colors of this quilt are understated, but the overall effect of the simple design and use of fabric is indeed a quilt much like a beaded curtain.

My quilting skills have evolved and I have learned to take calculated risks since then. Today I am unlikely to purchase a pre-packed kit. I am so much more confident when it comes to choosing fabrics, but would greatly encourage anyone to go ahead and make use of these bundles if choosing fabric is the reason why you are not sewing or enjoying the quilting process.

Back of the Beaded Curtain Quilt - pieced with some of the leftover 4 patch squares.

I am a huge Kaffe Fassett fan, have all of his books, have attended his Melbourne lecture on color, but have not as yet participated in one of his workshops. His eye for color and design has certainly given me much to think about, and I am constantly inspired by all of his work. I have tried to put into practice Kaffe's color theory and I look at the world and color in a whole different way today. I hope his influence it is starting to reflect in my own quilts whilst being true to my own style.

Thank you Amy for hosting and organizing the Bloggers' Quilt Festival. To see more quilts that are being "exhibited" please see Amy's list of participants. Be sure to visit as many blogs as you can; I can assure you that there is something for everyone, and that the inspiration is endless.

I love your submission! Not just because you've created a quilt masterpiece; but because you've given us a story about yourself, quilting theory and a bit of about your quilting evolution. I'm glad you joined in!

Beeeeautiful! Being a traditional quilter, I was never a big fan of Kaffe, but the blog world has definitely made me take a second look. Now I love to see quilts done in Kaffe style and I wouldn't be surprised if I even ventured that way myself someday. I especially love when traditional elements are blended with Kaffe style -- your quilt does that wonderfully!

This was a great kit to purchase. congratulations on a job well done. It's beautiful--and apparently well loved. I really like Kaffe Fassett, too, and first was introduced to his work when in Norway. Some excellent knitters had created beautiful sweaters from his designs. (I knit, too.)

Your beaded curtain quilt is stunning. It is gorgeous gradations of color- The journey of a quilter is different for each one of us but it is an amazing process. May you continue to enjoy the ride.Warmest regards,Anna

With all of your gorgeous quilts, I was wondering which of your creations you would choose......and I am not disappointed. Your quilt is amazing....of course, Kaffe is amaZing!!! I am also a huge fan!!! (And very tempted to buy a kit from his latest book. :))

I can see why this is a favorite quilt. It's lovely, and so Kaffe! I enjoyed reading about how your design confidence has grown as time goes by. We all learn from everything we make, don't we? And what fun we have in the process!

It's a beautiful quilt. I like the effect of the darker squares set on a diagonal to create the beaded look. I also love Kaffe Fassett designs. If I was ever to make a quilt from his books, I would want a kit of his fabrics to make it just as pictured.

An absolutely marvelous quilt. I agree with you about Kaffe Fassett, a true designing gem and artist. I love all of his work from his mosaics to his knitwear-stunning. Because his quilts are so patterned fabric and color intensive I can see where a quilt would be a safe way to go.

Beautiful quilt! I agree that using a kit or prepackaged medley of fabrics is a great way for a beginner quilter to get a sense of color-and you always finish with a quilt you like! Color sense grows with all the other quilting skills.

Beautiful quilt. I love the colors. I just discovered Kaffe Fassett and love his books too. Only have two, but just purchased some of his fabric for a quilt for my daughter. How wonderful to be able to attend his color lecture. Thanks for sharing.

This is absolutely beautiful! I adore Kaffe Fassett as well and am a very new quilter, so I feel a little overwhelmed at choosing my own fabrics or altering any of his patterns! It's nice to know I might get there some day!

I would never have guessed this was a kit just from looking at it. What a wonderful grouping of fabrics and the pattern is simple yet intricate! I love the secondary pattern with the larger squares. Quilts that are used a lot are the best! Thanks for sharing your quilt's story.